Paint-brush attachment



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BORGN FLAUTT, OF SPARTA, 'TISCJONSN.

PAlNT-BRUSH ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming1 part of Letters Patent No. 898,244., dated February 19, 1889.

Application filed May 9, 1888. Serial No. 273,265. (No model.)

To all VuV/z/om it may conccrn:

Be it known that I, JOHN BORGNA FLAUTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sparta, in the county of Monroe and State of \Viseonsin, have invented certain new and useful ln'iprovements in Paint-Brush Attachments; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in-.

vention, such as will enable others skilled'in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speoification.

This invention relates to a combined drip- `guard and bridle for brushes, and has for its object the construction of a device that can be readily adjnsied to any brush to prevent a too great spread of the brnsh and to prevent drippings on the lioor.

The improvement consists of an annularshaped vessel having the sides of the inner wall parallel and the sides of the outer wall fiaring, and having the upper edge of the inner wall turned in to form a fiange, and having the upperedge of the out-er wall provided With a fiexible rim which extends over the month of the drip-guard and prevents the spilling of the drippings.

The improvement further consists of the details of construction which herein'afterwill be more fully described and claiined, and shown in the annexed drawings, in which- Fignre 1 is a side view of a brush having` my improvement applied; and Fig. 2, a side view of the brush, showing the attachment in section and adj usted on the brnsh.

The device is composed of the inner wall, A, having' parallel sides, the outer fiaring wall, B, united to the inner wall at the end C, and the flexible rim D, which is attached at its outer edge to the upper end of the Wall B by having the edge of the said wall B bent over it, and has its inner edge extending over the month of the guard in a horizontal direction close to the end of the wall A, but leavin sufficient space between the edge of the rim 'D and the end of the wall A for thr` entrance of drippings into the guard. The rim prevents the accumulated drippin from splashing out when handlin g the brush, and it can be turned back about the wall B` when emptying or Cleaning the guard, as shown by (lotted lines in Fig. 2. The upper end of the wall A is turned in to form the flange a, which compresses the brush and catches the drippings and direets them into the guard.

The device can be adjusted on the ln'ush (o any desired position, and may be of any required form in cross-section to adapt ii. to the Shape of the brnsh to which it is to be applied.,

Having thus describml my inveniion, what I claim, and d esi re to secure by 'Lol i ors Patent, 1s-

1. The combination, with the cmmbinefl drip-guard and bridlc, ofthe llexible rim secnred to the upper end of the outer wall and having its inner edge extending over the month of the guard, substantiallv as andv for the pnrpose specified.

2. The hereinbefore-specified combined d ripgnard and bridle, eolnposed of the wall A, having parallel sides and an inner fiange, a., the flaring wall B, united at its lower end to the Wall A, and the flexible rim D, having its out-er edge secured to the wall B, having the end of the wall bent over it, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix m v si gnatnrc in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN BORGNA FL'U'I'I Witnesses:

W. M. GRAHAM, H. I'I. L. CHILD. 

